More Space

Andy and I have been throwing around the idea of moving for the past year.  Last year at this time we still owned our townhouse in Atlanta, which is a whole different story, but having that mortgage payment, with rent on top of it made for no extra cash.  Last year at this time I was pregnant with Hannah, so we knew we would need more space, but the thought of moving all of our stuff, and increasing our rent payment outweighed the idea of moving.  So we decided to extend our current lease.

Our current townhome that we rent has a great layout.  But, it only has two bedrooms, which has been challenging.  I don't think Hannah has slept in her crib more than a few times, since she shares a room with Henry (and Lord knows, we would not want to ever wake up Henry).  Her 'make shift' bedroom is in our master bedroom closet where we have her pack n play set up.  I know that sounds terrible, but it is a huge closet, and it has actually worked out well having her so close. 

So this March our lease expires again.  There are two major things that made us consider not moving.  The actual move...we have SO much stuff.  And having to switch babysitters.  I hate sitter searching, and it makes it hard since we like Teri so much.  There is the option of staying with Teri, but that would mean adding 20 minutes onto the commute. 

We have decided to hire movers (Yes - all of our immediate family can start cheering now).  And we have started the sitter hunt.  If we don't find a sitter we like just as much as Teri, then we will make the extra drive and continue to bring the kids there until we do find another arrangement.  Our kids are the most important thing to us, and we won't settle for anything but the best for them.  The good thing is that we have time. 

We found a great home out west in Urbandale off of Hickman Rd.  It is about five minutes away from our good friends who have little girls the same age as Hannah, and is closer to my sisters.  It has four bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, a back yard, and 2200 square feet!!  I am not looking forward to the additional time that will be spent on cleaning, but more space will be so nice. 



Why rent vs own??  We had to short sell our townhouse, which stays on our credit history for 3 years.  So two years from now we will be able to be approved for a loan, have a better feel for the area we want to buy, have more money saved for a down payment, and ready to take on the title of home ownership again. 

Yeah to more space!!